Testseek.co.uk have collected 142 expert reviews of the Samsung M.2 950 Pro NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 90%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung M.2 950 Pro NVMe PCIe.
October 2015
(90%)
142 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(94%)
759 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Outstanding performance
Stylish design
Compact form factor
Uses Samsung VNAND
TRIM Support
Dynamic Thermal Guard
5 Years Warranty
The 950 Pro delivers class leading performance at a good price point
Thermal envelope and low power consumption. Advanced software features seal the deal but we're still waiting to see Rapid Mode for this product
Doubling capacity and increasing data integrity are still good use cases for RAID in the home.
Incredibly fast read and write performance
Competitively priced
Tiny M.2 form factor
5yr warranty
The editors didn't like
Good chassis airflow highly recommended
The 950 Pro needs a 1TB model to satisfy power users and a 2TB model for gamers with large Steam / Origin libraries. Magician Software with Windows 10 support is lacking at this time but Samsung is working on it
Increasing performance through RAID 0 no longer has the same shine it once had. NVMe SSDs are fast enough to satisfy the most demanding user needs. We've hit a point where RAID 0 run off of a chipset gives diminishing returns.
Outstanding performance, Stylish design, Compact form factor, Uses Samsung VNAND, TRIM Support, Dynamic Thermal Guard, 5 Years Warranty
Good chassis airflow highly recommended
We've been eager to get our hands on the 950 PRO since we heard about its release and from today's analysis we aren't disappointed by any means.The 950 PRO is Samsung's first NVMe M.2 drive and as such takes full advantage of PCI Express 3.0 x4. Combining...
The 950 Pro delivers class leading performance at a good price point, thermal envelope and low power consumption. Advanced software features seal the deal but we're still waiting to see Rapid Mode for this product
The 950 Pro needs a 1TB model to satisfy power users and a 2TB model for gamers with large Steam / Origin libraries. Magician Software with Windows 10 support is lacking at this time but Samsung is working on it
The Samsung 950 Pro sets a new bar for high performance storage and brings it to market at a low price point. Samsung didn't need to lean on power hungry enterprise controllers or ridiculous adapters + cables either to enable NVMe technology in desktops...
Incredibly fast read and write performance, Competitively priced, Tiny M.2 form factor, 5yr warranty
Limited motherboard/laptop compatibility, Overkill for many users, May not be bootable on some systems
Samsung 950 Pro M.2 256GB and 512GB SSD – Performance The two drives were tested using the PCI Express x4 slot on an Asus Z170 Maximus VIII Hero motherboard, which was set up with an Intel Core i7-6600K and 8GB of Corsair DDR4 RAM. The benchmarks – Crysta...
Incredible sequential speed that provides mind-blowing real-world file transfer performance,
Mediocre performance in standard desktop activities, double the cost per GB of fast SATA drives
In order to fairly evaluate the 950 Pro, we have to consider its cost in comparison to more run-of-the-mill drives. Below you'll find the price of each of the drives we tested as of our publication date, along with a $/GB figure:Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 ...
For years, I've been itching to see Samsung start offering their NVMe PCIe SSDs in the consumer market, and thanks to more recent widespread adoption of platforms supporting M.2 and NVMe, I'm glad to see that Samsung finally saw a market for what would ul...
